Contextual and Dispositional Coping Resources as Predictors of Work-family Conflict and Enrichment: Which of These Resources or their Combinations are the Most Beneficial?

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-104

  Mauno, Saija ^a   Rantanen, Marika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coping resources; Dispositional coping strategies; Work family conflict; Work family enrichment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874363705     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-012-9306-3     Document Type: Article

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